Tire-fastening device.



No. 761,457. PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

' -J. T. DIOKEY @5 6. D. DERRY.

TIRE FASTENING DEVICE. AP RLIOATION FILED AUG.,19, 190a.

.' NO MOD 1. m A F V :1 1* g v I A s? A WITNESSES: 7 INVENTORS ATTORNEY 4 ,tain new and useful Improvements in Tirethe fastening of a tire from one fixed point on through perforations in a cylindrical tube D tending through a flanged tube D and when UNITED Y STATES f JOHNT. DICKEY AND CARRY D.

DERBY, or BARBERTON, OHIO.

TIRE-FASTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formlng part of Letters Patent No. 761,457, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed August 19,1903.

To all whom it may concern).- N

Be it known that we, JOHN T. DICKEY and OARRYD. DERBY, citizens of the United States, and residents of Barberton, in the'countyof Summit and State of Ohio, have inventedcer- Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in tire-fastening devices for bicycles, tricycles, carriages, automobiles, and like vehicles; and the objects of our invention are, first, to afford facilities fora proper fasten,- ing of the tire to its rim; second, to control the rim, securinga tight connection between said parts equally divided over the touching surface portions. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a cross-section of a tire, showing our new fastening device. 'Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is atop view of a flanged cylindrical tube, a receptacle for the ends of a wire. Fig. 4: is a side View of a cylindrical plug adapted to tightly secure the ends of a wire to the inside of a cylindrical tube. Fig. 5 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

, A cylindrical core K of a tire is provided with longitudinal perforations or openings H H I of anydesired shape and number. The extreme inner circle of said core K is provided with a groove E, forming a receptacle for a wire E, of tempered steel or any other suitable material, which has its ends guided and secured therein by means of a corrugated plug G. A capF may be adapted to close the upper portion of said tube D, whereas the lower portion terminates in the form of a curved flange L, provided with perforations L and secured to the core K by means of layers of canvas O and rubber B. The wire E, practically embedded in said core K, encircled by rubber and canvas, has its ends ex- Serial No. 170,070. (N. model.)

pulled outwardly will secure the tire tightly manner similar to that described.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a tire-fastening device the combination of a tire having a longitudinal groove or grooves, and a wire or wires inserted in the 'groove or grooves, with a cylindrical tube,

perforated to receive the ends of a wire or wires, said tubehaving its upper portion closed by a cap, whereas the lower portion, terminating in the form of a perforated flange, is secured to said tire by layers of rubber and canvas, all substantially-as set forth.

2. A tire-fastening device consisting of a tire, having alongitudinal groove or grooves,

gated plug, said tube having a cap on its upper portion,'while itslower portion, termi nating in the form of a flange, is secured to the tire by layers of rubber and canvas, substantially as described.

Signed at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, this 15th day of July, A. D. 1903. A

JOHN T. DICKEY. GARRY D. DERBY.

Witnesses:

OEGILIA M. TsoHnvKEL, ANTONIO TSCHINKEL.

to a cylindrical tube, by means of a corru- 

